Finance Personnel Updates

At the end of February, Rusty Thomas, Purchasing Manager, retired from the University after 30 years of service.  Rusty will be missed but he has a full life waiting for him outside of Ohio University. We wish him all the best!

Effective March 5, Rachel Patrick, Director of Payments & Capital Spending, left the University to pursue another employment opportunity. We would like to thank Rachel for her years of service to the University and wish her well on her new adventure.

Polly Mitchell was hired as the new Accounts Payable Manager and started in that role on March 16.  In this role, Polly will oversee Accounts Payable functions including invoicing and payments; Supplier Management; and will continue to manage Finance Customer Care. Congratulations, Polly! 

There are three vacant positions in Purchasing that were posted and closed at the end of March. Applications for those positions are being reviewed currently with the intent to fill those positions by the end of April. As a reminder, the three positions that were posted are:

• Director of Strategic Sourcing – which will oversee Purchasing, Contracts, Accounts Payable, and the University Purchasing Card Program.
• Manager of Purchasing – this position will oversee the day-to-day operations of the purchasing functions including the issuance of RFP’s, processing of requisitions, as well as catalog implementations.

Procurement Analyst III – will help oversee contract compliance, external and internal reporting as it relates to spend, preparation of negotiation materials, and handle special projects for the department I.e., efficiency and process improvements).